OKR_240SX

haha. my highschool didn't have anything for engineering till my senior year. In which I was only going to school for 2 hours and workin the rest.


My first professor was talking about if you just can not possible get the math done. You can switch to a technology degree in that field of engineering. he said its basically the same just less math. thoughts?

duffman1278

I'm looking into getting in a manufacturing company that deals with machinary, like tools and assembly line type of things, or construction machinary.

TheWolf

Kris
UNF
3rd Year MechE

SAE F1 Experience, autox, car development

Threw it all away and started my own business.. kinda regretting that but don't regret the experience.

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g6civcx

What does "industry" mean? Is there a difference between "industry" and "field"?

People always ask me what industry I'm in and I have no idea what to tell them.

Is it the goods or services that I produce?

Mr. Camshaft

Farm equipment, research, automotive, aerospace and etc.

lflkajfj12123

all advisors will tell you this when you goto register your classes

they basically need to fill spots for MET and try and bribe you with less work

Mtndrifter14

Definitely I'm happy I found my niche.

lflkajfj12123

most engineers get a masters in business or management

ilovecoupes

Thats exactly what my older brother did. BA in EE, and got his masters in Buisiness.

He has 4 homes.

g6civcx

How many is "most"? Do you have stats? I would be interested to see.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's as easy for engineers to break into management as business majors.

A&M Boy

I wish i had seen this sooner,

From experience in the A&M engineering system, precal is really really remedial stuff and that goes for cal 1 too. I never felt like studying because of it and then it sucked pretty bad. Also be prepared for all your intro maths and sciences to be weed-out courses that and a lot of the profs don't speak the best english. Don't take it for granted, M.E. is pretty tough here.

but in the meantime between those tough class you should come out and auto-x with tamscc.org

sn:TSJ

we could always use more 240's

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lflkajfj12123

i know about 10 adult engineers

atleast half of them went for their masters in a business degree

because as you move up the ranks in as an engineer you start to do management more than engineering thats why this works so well

low and slow

Well, I'm at the e-school, supposed to be studying for my Calc III test tomorrow.

And there is this really fun road to drive about 2 minutes from here, so concentrating is becoming more difficult by the minute, haha.

Something tells me it's going to be a late night...

Tenchuu

last school year i took autoCAD 2007 classes. from basic to advanced to 3D modeling with it.

low and slow

'Bout to go take my calc III last test/final, wish me luck...

g6civcx

The school year is getting ready to start.

Are the seniors ready for interviews? I know engineers need a lot of help with behavioral interviews.

Mr. H

good luck, I just finished up calc 1 over the summer

gmarzan

Anyone here taking/getting their masters? I mean, actually got accepted to the masters program. I was thinking getting mine, but I want to know how hard it is? I know the requirements are different for every colleges. Basically, I want to know:
1. Are you working full-time while working on your masters (cuz masters aint cheap)?
2. How difficult is the GRE test? I heard it's like SAT on tripple steroids
3. Anyone here with a degree in science; Bio, chem, etc. and taking their masters on something else?

I read a couple posts stating that most engineers gets their masters on business or something. I only met people who are "thinking" of getting their masters and I want to know the people who are actually "TAKING" theirs.

lflkajfj12123

if i were working on my masters

i would probably be way to busy to post on zilvia.net hahaha

Mr. Camshaft

Some of my friends have taken the GRE. The vocab is difficult in that they use obscure and less common definitions of words. Math isn't quite calculus. I hear it's more tricky trig and algebra.

LigouriRd

Yeah, started working with it my second year of high school (Release 10) and have been working side jobs after that until I got my Bachelors. Problem is, my company has not upgraded so I am not fluent with the newer versions. I am pretty advanced with Solidworks though.

I guess that is somewhat encouraging. I was thinking of going back to school and getting my masters but I am not seeing what the benefit will be with any degree aside from an MBA. I was toying around with a masters in industrial design but even level II or III designers make less than I do currently.

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theicecreamdan

You can do ok in calc 1 with a B in trig. From what I've heard you'll want to go through all your trig again before you go to calc 2 though.

At my school pre-calc is a mixture of algebra and a little bit of trig. You can take trig and algebra separately though to meet the requirements and actually learn trig.

I tested into calc 1, took it and got an A. Trig was pretty weak for me though so I took trig in a summer school class and got an A and now I should be ready for calc 2.

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OKR_240SX

For those who have their degree. How long did it take for you to finish your degree? I know I'm behind and have a lot to catch up

Mr. Camshaft

5 years on the smoking too much plan. do GE's over the summers and you can cut that to 4 years.

lflkajfj12123

don't have my degree yet, but if all goes right

4 year plan and i'm out

including internships in the summer

drift_student

Name: Mike
School: University of Texas at Austin
Major: ME
Year: Junior

I'm on the 5 year plan myself because of internships, but I'm loving it.

LigouriRd

5½ years cause I was a dumbshi#e in highschool. I had to spend the first year in college getting brought up to the level where I could take calc and physics.

Most people I graduated with took a little over 4 years. There's a lot to get in, especially when you get to the real engineering classes. Not every class is offered every semester. I still had to take one or two classes over the summer every year.

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lflkajfj12123

school started

bumping this

low and slow

Yeah it did, and the profs are already hitting me hard.

Everyone post up your schedules, and maybe others have the same/similar classes and we can all help out -

MAP3305 aka Engineering Math I
EEL3003 aka Intro to Electrical Engineering
EML3234 aka Material Science and Engineering
EML3004 aka Intro to Mechanical Engineering

lflkajfj12123

i have an intro to engineering class

first half is ee and second me